Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc7ceecd3a902c6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-11 01:49:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4db37e74803e9d03df9e4fa28daa3512 SHA-1: c469065dac2932cee436fec8d7bbdf24a7eb7164 SHA-256: fc7ceecd3a902c6b88713fc0b5ee7d90f04273234ad6410bd135e2af6d5fb08e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure and numerous links are consistent with a spearphishing attachment used to lure victims to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sexy+words+that+start+with+f PDF link annotation
    • https://floresdeserrezuela.com/aym_image/files/93245901726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13378930198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zufamupolomuvodig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132683228d8f---20342142960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gurkhasfinance.com.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wejuwukirapixuduxedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeevandeepspecialcare.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/soranurilexezesuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irvinenott.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wasaruvasukugagovufipedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlondonblvd.com/uploads/files/49861124256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rallstarawards.us/nbloom/fckuploads/file/roxoresifogupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b853353f40---60558586729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technology-mp.it/userfiles/files/jeselawirigozuxuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silverstonedevelopments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xowitenejigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honderhotel.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210901110429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microsolder.hu/userfiles/files/34949721364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelonerangerfanclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71523172777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/todevipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user//file/_0857936001630513757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jwconsult2005.com/file_media/file_image/file/40974071085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabil-doukali.com/userfiles/file/mizowatawivegug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/81690595835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mabo-meccanica.eu/userfiles/files/basusivalevewotafebewizen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161389ce4b1705---tatozosome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7prki11jj90vv8c1nfdj1vr1e/24019306841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hankilfood.com/upfile/files/15574339414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24cars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43780224648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e038.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE038 10680 bytes
SHA-256: a616c90acc5c5a9b26fd4e3f648896aa2501787ba027f40d4a78f36bc7df6829
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8EE 19644 bytes
SHA-256: 00a6beae4c992c86a10adee99e8817597c9b9d2aec0abe385d2739e8a5ee46da
font_02_sfnt_off00012bff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1